Men's Tennis

Men's Tennis Cruises to NESCAC Quarterfinal Victory Over Trinity

Oscar Pena and Sam King earned a point at #1 doubles and King earned the clinching point in singles play Friday

May 04, 2012

BENNINGTON, VT - The Bowdoin College men's tennis team opened up a 3-0 lead after doubles play en route to a 5-0 win over Trinity in the quarterfinals of the New England Small College Athletic Conference Tournament on Friday afternoon.

With the win Bowdoin improves to 12-6 on the year while the Bantams of Trinity finish the season at 9-8. Bowdoin will be making its second straight trip to the NESCAC Semifinals and they will face second seed and host Williams at 1:00 p.m. Saturday.

The fourth Bowdoin point on the day came from Casey Grindon at #4 singles, where he downed Charles McConnell 6-1, 6-1. Samuel King delivered the deciding fifth point when he defeated Kayong Lee in straight sets 6-4, 6-1 at #2 singles.

Bowdoin also defeated Trinity in their regular season match-up by capturing a 6-1 victory in Hartford. The Polar Bears have now won 10 of their last 11 matches with the lone loss in that skein coming at the hands of Williams, 5-4, in Brunswick, Maine on April 28th. The last two times the Polar Bears and the Ephs have met the score of the match has been 5-4 in favor of the Ephs.